μνᾶς [6 verses](noun pl fem acc) "Pounds" is mna, which means "a weight", "a sum of money", and "100 drachmas". -- "Pounds" is the Greek word for a "a weight", "a sum of money", and the amount of about "100 drachmas". The Greek word mna (μνᾶ) was borrowed from Semitic. Different city states used minae of different weights. The Aeginetan mina weighed 623.7 g (22.00 oz).  The Attic mina weighed 436.6 g (15.40 oz).^] According to Plutarch, the price of a sheep was one drachma or a (about 40 kg) of wheat. Thus a mina was worth 100 sheep.